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This index is a listing of the many cooking and food
articles, which you may find helpful, that I have
written about over the past several years.
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Sachertort, Sacher Cake,
Demel Sachertorte -
Sacher Torte is a famous Viennese cake, probably the most famous
chocolate cake of all-time.
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Sake 101-
Cooking with Sake - Brewed
like beer – tasted and served like wine! Saké is something of a hybrid
between beer and wine, with its production and shelf life resembling
beer brewing and its taste and body more similar to wine.
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Saffron -
Saffron, the
yellow-orange stigmas from a small purple crocus, is the world's most
expensive spice. Learn how to buy, use, and store this herb. |
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Salads &
Salad Dressings - Learn all about
the history of your favorite salads and salad dressings.
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Sally Lunn Cake,
Soleil et Lune, French Solilemme -
A large sponge cake-like bread, more like
a bread than a cake that is either yeast or baking powder based that can
be made either into a cake, buns, rolls, or even a loaf of bread. Learn
about the interesting history of this cake.
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Salmon
- The Indians of the
Northwest looked upon salmon with great reverence and had special
rituals and legends for the yearly salmon run. Learn about this
interesting fish.
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Salt -
Learn all about different types of salt and how to use salt. |
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Sandwiches -
Learn about the true history of the sandwich
and who really invented it.
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Sauerkraut - What exactly is sauerkraut?
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Sauces
- The Romans used sauces to disguise the taste of the
food. Possibly to conceal doubtful freshness. Learn
about the history of your favorite sauces.
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Sazerac Cocktail - The Sazerac cocktail is to New Orleans what the
margarita is to the southwest. Learn all about this famous cocktail and
try my recipe. |
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Schwan
(Sichuan) Pepper, Timur Pepper,
Nepali Pepper - Until
very recently there was a long-standing ban on the
importation of this pepper. A couple of years ago the FDA
banned the importation of Szechuan (Sichuan) Peppercorns
because they were carrying a citrus canker virus.
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Shaving
Chocolate - How to make chocolate shavings.
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She Crab Soup -
Charleston, South Carolina
is known for their elegant She Crab Soup. A cross between a bisque and a
chowder, made with their famous blue crab meat.
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Shelf Life of Foods
- Storage charts showing how long
to refrigerate, freeze, and also store at room temperature of your
foods. Storage does not improve the quality of
any food. The quality of a food will also not decrease significantly
during storage as long as the food is stored properly and used within
the recommended time frame.
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Shoofly Pie - The origin of the name
has been debated for years and will probably never ultimately be solved.
Learn all about this Pennsylvania Dutch
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Shrimp
- Purchasing, de-veining, cooking,
brining, and etiquette of shrimp.
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Slugburger - Eating
slugburgers is a matter of preference, not of practicality. You either
love them or hate them. In fact, some people actually crave them.
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Smelt
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The Indians of the Northwest were
known for their great wealth, and nutritious smelt oil was one of their
most valued trade goods.
All about smelt -
Eulachon, Oolichan, Candlefish, Hooligan.
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Smoking
Points of Different Oils
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Sourdough
Starter
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Some sourdoughs are over a hundred years
old. The starter (or sometimes called a sponge) is a flour and water
mixture that contains the yeast used to rise the bread. Learn how to
start your own starter.
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Spam - Spam
Musubi - Hawaiians have a love
affair with Spam - they eat it as a delicacy, adding it to soups and
stews, treating it as a side dish for breakfast, and enjoying it as the
main event for lunch and dinner. Lean all about spam and how to make
spam musubi.
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Spiedie Sandwich
- If you find folks who know
of spiedies, they are most likely originally from Binghamton in Broome
County, New York, or they know someone who is. Broome County is in New
York's Southern Tier, southeast of the Finger Lakes and just north of
Pennsylvania.
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Spinach - Learn how to prepare spinach.
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Sponge Cake -
Sponge Cake are similar to angel cakes in
that they use many eggs and no shortening or leavening.
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Springform Pans - - All about springform pans and how to use them. |
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Squash - The term "summer" and "winter" for squash are only based on
current usage, not on actuality. Learn all about different types of
squash. Includes lots of photos.
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Strawberries -
There’s nothing that says "Hello Summer" quite like
eating a juicy vine-ripened strawberry that has been ripened to
perfection in the early summer sunshine. Learn all about the wonderful
strawberry. |
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Stollen, Dresden Stollen,
Strutzel, Striezel,
Stutenbrot, Christstollen,
German Christmas Cake - Learn the history of this famous German
Christmas cake. |
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Sugar: The Natural
Sweetener - Only 15 Calories Per Teaspoon!
Sugar: Types of Sugar
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 Sugar Cream Pie, Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie, Indiana Cream Pie, Sugar Pie,
Finger Pie -
This pie was know as finger pie because
the filling was stirred with a finger during the baking process to
prevent breaking the bottom crust.
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Summer Berries
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Summer
Safety Tips
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Sushi Rolls (American style) - - Making sushi at home is easy to do.
Ingredients and equipment can be found at Japanese and Asian foods
stores as well as at most large food or grocery stores. Learn how to
make sushi.
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Sweet Tea
& Ice Tea - Southerners swear by their
traditional sweet ice tea and drink it by the gallons. In the South, ice
tea is not just a summertime drink, it is served year round with most
meals. Learn all about the history of this drink, and also how to make
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